gāo

high; tall; above average

HSK 1 #134

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 134th character
Radical ⾼ (189.0)
Strokes 10
Index # 2021

Definitions

高 gāo
  1. 1. high
  2. 2. tall
  3. 3. above average
  4. 4. loud
  5. 5. surname Gao
  6. 6. your (honorific)

Stroke order

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Words containing 高

Word Meaning
Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
a person of virtue and prestige
to walk on stilts
to claim connections with people in higher social class
tall building
loud arrogant talk; to spout; to harangue
high frequency
high jump (athletics)
pitch (music); tone
to get a promotion
Takahashi (Japanese surname)
acrophobia
to shout loudly; to yell; to raise a cry
to sing loudly; to lift one's voice in song
(of a movie etc) one climax after another
have long-term vision; farsighted
goblet
very able person
lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc)
hyperbaric oxygen
flyover; viaduct; high trestle bridge
to raise (one's voice); to overrate; to build up
to put sth on the back burner; no longer a high priority